Objective: To evaluate the importance of imported malaria at the Moulay Ismail Military Hospital of Meknes, we have
led a descriptive study of the epidemiological, clinical, biological and evolutionary characteristics of the registered malaria
cases.
Methods: A prospective study was carried out at the Department of Parasitology from January 2011 to December 2012.
In this study, we have included all the patients who were confirmed to have malaria through a biological diagnosis.
Results: The number of the studied cases was 30; two in 2011 and 28 in 2012. The incidence has increased from 128.4
to 1798.3 per 100,000 travelers during this period among travelers. The average age was 31.3 +/- 7.2 years (range 20 and
48 years). In all the cases, malaria was contracted in sub-Saharan Africa. Twenty six cases were in peacekeeping military
mission; 15 of them have traveled and stayed in Ivory Coast and 11 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The main
clinical sign was fever Plasmodium falciparum was observed in 20 cases (66%), P. ovale in seven cases (24%), P. malariae
in two cases (7%) and a combination of P. falciparum and P. ovale in one single case (3%). All patients received per oral
mefloquine. The post therapeutic evolution was marked by a unique death from acute pulmonary edema, which was
due to P. ovale.
Conclusion: This high occurrence of malaria in our hospital is partially explained by the deployment of half of our military
forces in various high risk fields. J Microbiol Infect Dis 2014; 4(2): 44-49
| Référence | 2474 |
| Année | 2014 |
| Type | Article |
| Lien document | |
| Lien externe | http://asshin.dergipark.gov.tr/download/article-file/104879 |
| Disciplines associées | Hôpital Militaire My Ismail Meknès |
| Auteur | Tlamcani I |
| Auteurs associés | Benseddik N, Alami M, Hassani MA, Benjelloun S, Yahyaoui G |
| Discipline | Laboratoire |
| Revue | J Microbiol Infect Dis |
| Référence Revue | 4 (2): 44-49 |
